I’m used to not sleeping well and have had various sleeping problems since I was 15. I also participated in a sleep study which showed that I generally need less sleep than most people and four hours a night can be enough for me.
I have various sleeping issues:
- Inability to fall asleep
- Inability to sleep more than a couple of hours
- Restless sleep
- Over-tiredness
- Being very alert
- Nightmares
I’ve attempted a lot of things to fix it, such as:
- Cutting out caffeine
- Drinking a lot of water
- Drinking very little water
- Getting a bedtime routine
- Removing distractions
- Setting different lights
- Blocking all lights
- Using earplugs
- Sleeping with an open window
- Sleeping with a shut window
- Changing my bedding
- And much more..
Normally I don’t let it affect me too much and I can deal with it, however, getting one night of good sleep normally throws me off-balance for weeks.
I woke up last week Tuesday after the best night’s sleep I could remember in a very long time. It was free from nightmares and lasted seven amazing hours. Of course since then it’s been worse than normal and I am now tired and it will me a while to get used to it again.
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